Bill Text: IL HR0882 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of George Joe Pearson.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-03-05 - Resolution Adopted [HR0882 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR0882-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of George | ||||||
4 | Joe Pearson, who passed away on February 11, 2014; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Joe Pearson was born in Harrisburg on December 30, | ||||||
6 | 1948; he earned his bachelor's degree and his masters's degree | ||||||
7 | from Southern Illinois University and married Pamela Seright; | ||||||
8 | and
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9 | WHEREAS, In 1976, Joe Pearson opened the Village Pump | ||||||
10 | Restaurant, Bar, and Hotel with his brother; he also opened | ||||||
11 | Pearson Jewelry before joining the Arclar Company in 1987 and | ||||||
12 | soon became the preeminent coal salesman in the United States; | ||||||
13 | he was instrumental in seeing Arclar grow from 19 employees, | ||||||
14 | producing 200,000 tons of coal per year, to 600 employees, | ||||||
15 | producing 6,000,000 tons per year; he was also a partner in | ||||||
16 | Power Inc., a coal loading facility in Shawneetown and served | ||||||
17 | as President of Eagle River Coal LLC in Mitcheville; he served | ||||||
18 | as Vice-Chairman of the Illinois Coal Association, Chairman of | ||||||
19 | the Advisory Board of the Illinois Department of Natural | ||||||
20 | Resources, board member of the Illinois Coal Council, and board | ||||||
21 | member of the Illinois Coal Development Board; he was known | ||||||
22 | around the Illinois State Capital as "the face of coal"; and
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1 | WHEREAS, In addition to his work in coal, Joe Pearson | ||||||
2 | became part owner of Farmers State Bank in Alto Pass in 1994; | ||||||
3 | he aided its expansion to additional cities and remained on the | ||||||
4 | Board of Directors following the selling of his shares; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Joe Pearson was a member of the First United | ||||||
6 | Methodist Church; he provided scholarships and supported local | ||||||
7 | ball teams and was very supportive of his community; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Joe Pearson is survived by his wife, Pamela; his | ||||||
9 | brothers, John "Spider" (Pam) Pearson and Jim (Suzie) Pearson; | ||||||
10 | his niece, Stephanie (Gene) Wise; his great-nephew, Dillon | ||||||
11 | Wise; and his nephews, David (Kendra) Pearson and Mike Pearson; | ||||||
12 | therefore, be it
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13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
14 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
15 | we mourn the passing of George Joe Pearson, and extend our | ||||||
16 | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | ||||||
17 | and loved him; and be it further
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18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
19 | presented to the family of Joe Pearson as an expression of our | ||||||
20 | deepest sympathy.
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